Course Goals and Last Min Paper
This course was designed to improve critical thinking and improve basic college skills. To achieve these goals, we analyzed Biblical texts from …
Exegetical Encounters 2
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Binding of Issac
Today, we discussed the controversial issue of Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac. We talked about how the story is relatively not taken seriously …
Aronofsky’s Noah
In class, we discussed about the choices of Aronofsky in presenting the Noah story. He changed some aspects of the original Noah …
Moreland on Documentaries
After our writing workshop, we discussed Moreland’s thoughts on documentaries. He explains how although people think they are of an educational nature, they …
Noah
In class today, we took a first look at the Noah story. It has many parallels with other Ancient Near Eastern myths, but …
The Story of Lilith
Today we discussed the story of Lilith. This is a addition to the Gen 1-3 creation story that says Lilith was created …
Moses Starts and Apocalypse
Today we combined into one larger group. We found that in the Apocalypse of Moses 15-30, there are three distinct differences than …
Discourse- Kevin, Parr and Sharon
We started class with a powerpoint on historical views of male and female attributes. Then we focused on the controversies in Gen 1-3, specifically …
Three views- Kevin, Parr and Sharon
Today we discussed Gen 1-2 in depth. We focused on word choice, and how the translator came to make decisions on how to …